No subject

Best Bits takes us to one level higher in helping us voice delicate
issues or concerns while have an important and productive dialogue
around it. These issues may be pressing us in our countries or are
existing from regional and global IGFs or Internet public policy
issues in general.

I believe that Best Bits gathering also helped in enabling networking
and sharing important experiences that have indeed helped us in our
advocacy and capacity efforts back home.

Finally, Best Bits is a very important open, inclusive and productive
initiative that has my complete support.

Best


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On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:
> Thanks to the new participants who have joined the Best Bits list recently,
> some due to the joint statement at http://bestbits.net/prism-nsa (which now
> has 114 endorsements).  I'm also one-time cc'ing the other lists that were
> cross-posted during that work (and bcc'ing the personal addresses).
>
> I won't take up much of your time, but thought a few paragraphs of
> introduction to Best Bits would be in order for the new or curious.
>
> Best Bits is a network of civil society groups who work individually - and
> sometimes together - on issues that are variously described as "Internet
> governance", "Internet freedom" or "Internet rights/human rights", depending
> on your preferred framing.  Best Bits is a loose unifying framework for that
> work that brings together groups from global North and South.
>
> There are three main resources that Best Bits provides: the mailing list,
> face to face strategy meetings (including at least an annual meeting
> alongside the IGF), and the website which is used for joint statements and a
> shared event calendar (under construction, but largely functional already).
>
> There is currently no organisational structure for Best Bits, though we are
> intending to put together a loose and balanced steering group any time now.
> There is not even a formal membership, though if you are a Best Bits
> participant and wish to list your civil society organisation as a supporter,
> your logo can be added to our website at http://bestbits.net.
>
> I hope this helps but for any other questions, please ask away.
>
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